A picture of a woman has been uploaded to the victim's online account after her phone was stolen, the third incident of its kind reported this month

Police are releasing a 'selfie' image of a woman they want to speak to in connection with a phone theft in Newcastle

A ‘selfie’ of a woman taken on a stolen mobile phone and uploaded to the victim’s online account has been released by police.

Officers investigating the incident said they would like to speak to her urgently, The Chronicle reports.

The theft happened in the early hours of Saturday, July 12, when a handbag containing a mobile phone was stolen inside Powerhouse nightclub on Westmorland Street in Newcastle.

The owner of the phone had a security feature activated which sends any images taken on the phone to her cloud account.

Since the phone was stolen a number of images of a woman have been received. Officers want to identify and speak to her to see if she can help with the investigation.

It comes days after an appeal by police to trace a man whose selfie was taken on a mobile phone stolen on Saturday, May 24, at LQ nightclub in New Bridge Street, when a black Motorola mobile phone was stolen from a bag.

And a third such incident happened in April, when a man's selfie was uploaded to a dropbox account after two phones were stolen from a nightclub in Portsmouth.

Anyone who recognises either person is asked to contact police on 101 ext 69191 quoting reference number 038118V/14